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The head of Apple's electric car project is reportedly leaving the company
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 09:05
Apple's Steve Zadesky, who has been overseeing the company's electric car project for the last two years, has said he is leaving the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the m...
'Geek Entrepreneur' Karthik Rajan: How Blogging Builds Your Career
Forbes - 23 Jan 2016 08:02
2016 is the year of reckoning for business and personal publishers. This is the year those who work solidly to increase their writing skills and applicability will rise.
If your web site offers live chat, be prepared for hackers
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 22:00
GUEST: Live chat has become ubiquitous as a sales and support tool for software as a service (SaaS) or cloud based services. Entire businesses have been built around providing live chat, such as Olark (which my company u...
Get Free Drinks When You Fly, Without Flying First Class
Forbes - 23 Jan 2016 20:22
A very good friend of mine has heard me tell many a tale of trips in which I have scored free drinks, gratis hotel and car rental upgrades and various travel freebies. However, without experiencing my stories first hand,...
7 Ways An Angel Can Tell If An Entrepreneur Will Be Truly Effective
Forbes - 23 Jan 2016 20:12
Almost every startup will need investment money at some stage, and more often than not, will have to ask for it. Angels can be a boon to your company, but what traits are they looking for in an entrepreneur that will giv...
Text is the new talk for brand marketers
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 20:00
GUEST: Get ready for customer service via text-messaging. Google is apparently working on an interactive and automated chat app and Facebook announced its Messenger-based customer service initiative last year. Then, just...
Survios demos two-player cooperative VR shooter game Raw Data
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 19:00
Survios is demonstrating a two-player cooperative virtual reality first-person shooter game dubbed Raw Data. The demo is one of the first to show that VR can be a multiplayer experience, which could be a critical compone...
One year after Box's IPO, is the party over?
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 19:00
GUEST: Today marks the one-year anniversary of Box's IPO. After a 10-month wait from its original S-1 filing, the offering was initially touted as a success. Headlines like "Box Stock Soars 70% At IPO" seemed to declare,...
RoboSellers And RoboBuyers: A Thought Experiment
Forbes - 23 Jan 2016 18:53
In 2013, Oxford Professors Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne claimed that 47% of US jobs are susceptible to “computerization.” In their model, sales jobs were among the most likely positions to be automated. ...
'Doing Good' In Business Takes Many Forms
Forbes - 23 Jan 2016 15:45
Although social enterprise is an emerging way for entrepreneurs to 'do good', an intentional approach to philanthropy is the path we have chosen in our venture.
What Apple's latest VR hire means for this growing market
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 02:15
ANALYSIS: Apple invented the smartphone (even though it didn’t). It also invented the tablet … or maybe not. Now, it looks like it might invent virtual reality. Apple has hired virtual and augmented reality researche...
China's Slowdown Triggers Business And Political Problems In Australia And Ukraine
Forbes - 23 Jan 2016 01:52
The seeds of a business and political crisis have been sown in Australia and possibly in Ukraine by China's economic slowdown.
AppDynamics CEO: Don't call my $2B company a unicorn
Venture Beat - 23 Jan 2016 01:30
We’re investigating the nature of these Innovation Engines in a series of What To Think podcasts, sponsored by Pivotal Tracker, and columns by VentureBeat editor at large Dylan Tweney. Tune in here to learn the secrets...